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Victor Hugo (1802-1885) Novelist, poet, and dramatist, the most important of French Romantic writers.
Among his best-known works are The Hunchback
of Notre Dame and Les Misérables.
Here is a picture from the Play: Les Miserables
This is a picture from the play: The Hunchback of Notre Dame
The original film The Hunchback of Notre Dame was one of the saddest and most dramatic films ever. Now, Victor Hugo's
original vision is put with color from disney.
He had a literary calling, his early poems winning a number of awards, including two "mentions" from the Academie
Francaise
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Victor Hugo was born on February 26, 1802 in Besancon, France. He was a poet,
novelist, and dramatist and the most important French Romantic writer of the 19th Century. Hugo is best known for his novels
"Notre-Dame de Paris" (a.k.a Hunchback of Notre-Dame) (1831) and "Les Miserables" (1862).
Hugo created poems and novels that integrated political and philosophical questions
with stories of his times. He wrote with simplicity and power of the joys and sorrows of life. Every morning Hugo would write
at least 100 lines of verse or 20 pages of prose.
In his later life Hugo became involved in politics as a supporter of the republican form of government. After three unsuccessful
attempts, Hugo was elected in 1841 to the Académie Francaise. After this, in 1843, his daughter Leopoldine died. 10
years later Hugo decided to publish books again. He devoted himself to politics, advocating social justice. After the
1848 revolution, with the formation of the Second Republic, Hugo was elected to the Constitutional Assembly and to the Legislative
Assembly.
Hugo died in Paris on the 23 of May, 1885 at the age of 83. Over three million people attended his State funeral.
In his later life Hugo became involved in politics as a supporter of the republican form of government. After three unsuccessful
attempts, Hugo was elected in 1841 to the Académie Francaise. After this, in 1843, his daughter Leopoldine died. 10
years later Hugo decided to publish books again. He devoted himself to politics. After the 1848 revolution, Hugo was
elected to the Constitutional Assembly and to the Legislative Assembly.
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